Obituary: Alexander Frater 1937-2020

Wise, witty companion for whom the journey was the key

Alasdair Gray obituary

Artist in words and pictures whose novel Lanark sparked a creative flowering in his native Scotland

Other lives: Poet who taught in prisons and rehab centres

Anthropologist, researcher and writer who became an expert on historic photographs

The author’s husband recalls her sure-footed wisdom, humour and humanity and the uplifting task of going through the notes and drafts she left behind

The US crime writer remembers a literary great whose deep intellect, humanity and moral force inspired a generation of black Americans

The philosopher’s former student on a practical thinker whose public work on the IVF bill is her great legacy

The former children’s laureate on the beloved author’s fascination with the ordinary detail of life – and an encounter with David Beckham

Botanist, environmentalist and broadcaster who communicated his love for the natural world to millions of viewers and listeners

Writer who excelled as an astute observer of people, in books exploring relationships and family life

Other lives: Long-serving head of the children’s department at a Manchester bookshop

Songwriter who had a huge hit with the Banana Boat Song – Day-O – performed by Harry Belafonte in the 1950s

One of Britain’s greatest military historians hailed for his 1961 masterpiece The Franco-Prussian War

Writer and academic best known for his 1972 book Outsider Art

Psychopharmacologist who started a clinic for people addicted to tranquillisers and wrote a manual on how to quit them safely